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Libythea sp.
Found on a road.
thank you bayucca! I changed mine too. :))
http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/325...
Unfortunately not. Lepita is today an own species and no more a subspecies of Celtis as it is reported in the literature.
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:L...
http://tolweb.org/Libythea_lepita/76306
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Libyth...
See Libythea lepita on EOL, including records from Japan!
http://eol.org/pages/155790/media
Libythea celtis (tengu-cho / テングチョウ) is only long-nose butterfly in Japan. :))
Nymphalidae, Libytheinae, Libythea sp.. It is either Libythea celtis, the European Beak or Nettle-tree Butterfly or Libythea lepita, the Common Beak. I think it is not possible to separate these two species from only this picture. The differences are very subtle and not easy to notice.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Libythea_ce...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Libythea_le...
Range is OK for both, but you might have some expert there to check the species in your area.
Spotted on May 27, 2013
Submitted on Sep 22, 2013
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